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THE    DEVELOPMENT    OF    TRADE 

A   READING   LIST 


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MANHATTAN 

Man's  greatest  miracle  is  accomplished  here. 
Steeple  and  dome  he  hurls  high  in  the  air, 
Until,  like  dreams  in  marble  and  in  stone, 
They  lift  their  wonder  to  a  world  amazed. 


Behind  the  poem  is  the  poet's  soul; 

Behind  the  canvas  throbs  the  artist's  heart; 

Behind  all  music  lie  imfathomcd  tones 

Known  only  dimly  to  one  Master  mind. 

So  here,  when  visions  of  new  beauty  rise, 

Behind  them  float  the  dreams  of  cities  old 

Fallen  now  to  silence,  with  the  dust  of  kings. 

Who  wrought  these  granite  ghosts,  saw  more  than  we 

May  ever  see.    He  saw  pale,  tenuous  lines 

On  some  age-mellowed  shore  where  cities  rose 

Proudly  as  Corinth  or  imperial  Rome ; 

He  saw,  through  mists  of  vision,  Baghdad  leap 

To  immaterial  being,  and  he  sought 

To  snatch  one  curve  from  her  elusive  domes; 

He  saw  lost  Nineveh  and  Babylon, 

And  Tyre,  and  all  the  golden  dreams  of  Greece, 

Colu7nns  and  fanes  that  cannot  be  rebuilt, 

Ev'n  as  Shakespearian  lines  can  never  sing 

Again  on  any  poet's  resplendent  page, 

But  the  vague  Source  of  these  most  lovely  things 

Were  his  for  one  high  instant;  and  he  caught 

Their  spirit  and  their  glory  for  all  time. 

These  are  the  shadows  of  far  nobler  walls. 

The  wraiths  of  ancient  pomp  and  glittering  days, 

Set  here  by  master  minds  and  master  souls, 

Almost  as  wonderful  as  mountains  are. 

Mysterious  as  the  petals  of  a  flower. 

—  Charles  Hanson  Towne. 


(From   his   Manhattan,   p.    36-37,   published  by   Mitchell   Kennerley.) 


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This  list  was  compiled  to  meet  the  many  enquiries 
of  citizens  of  New  York  and  visitors  to  the  city  in 
relation  to  its  history,  the  development  of  its  trade 
and  transportation,  and  its  historic  sites. 

The  longer  histories  have  been  purposely  omitted. 
A  star  (*)  indicates  that  a  book  is  out  of  print  or 
not  easily  obtained.  The  library  does  not  circulate 
the  starred  books,  but  they  may  all  be  consulted  at 
the  Central  Library  and  many  of  them  may  be  seen 
at  the  branch  libraries. 

In  the  preparation  of  this  list,  the  compiler  has 
received  valuable  suggestions  from  Mr.  Wilberforce 
Eames  and  Mr.  Robert  A.  Campbell  of  The  New  York 
Public  Library  and  Dr.  Frank  Bergen  Kelly  of  the 
City  History  Club  of  New  York. 

From  September  15  to  October  15  an  exhibit  of 
books,  old  prints  and  pictures  relating  to  New  York 
City  is  held  in  the  Children's  Room  of  the  Central 
Building. 


CONTENTS 


HISTORY 

The  Discovery. 

Giovanni  da  Verrazano  discovers  the  Island  of  Mana- 
HA-TA.     1524. 

Henry  Hudson  sails  up  the  ''River  of  Mountains/'    1609. 

Nev/  Amsterdam.     1626-1664. 

Peter   Minuit   purchases    Manhattan    Island   from   the 

Indians. 
The  Patroons  and  the  Old  Manor  Houses. 
Peter  Stuyvesant.    1647-1664. 

New  Amsterdam  becomes  New  York. 
Jacob  Leisler.    1689-1691. 

The  Revolutionary  War.     1775-1783. 
John  Andre. 
Nathan  Hale. 
Alexander  Hamilton. 

New  York  after  the  Revolution. 
The  Civil  War. 

Some  General  Histories. 


TRADE  AND  ITS  DEVELOPMENT 

The  West  India  Company. 

The  Five  Nations  and  the  Fur  Trade. 
Sir  William  Johnson. 

The  Colonial  Sea- Port. 

Privateers  and  Pirates.    Captain  Kidd. 

The  Free  City. 

The  War  of  1812. 

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Trade  and  its  Development —  The  Free  City,  continued. 
Old  Merchants  of  New  York. 
John  Jacob  Astor. 
Peter  Cooper. 
Samuel  Morse  and  the  Telegraph.     1791-1872. 

Transportation. 
Robert  Fulton. 
The  Erie  Canal. 
Railroads. 

The  Elevated  Railroad. 
Brooklyn  Bridge  and  other  Bridges. 
Tunnels. 

The  Old  Subways. 
The  New  Subways. 
The  Barge  Canal. 


THE  MODERN  CITY 

The  Catskill  Aqueduct. 

Parks. 

The  Statue  of  Liberty. 

Races  of  People  in  New  York. 

Some  Historic  Places  in  the  Modern  City. 
The  Battery. 
Bowling  Green. 
Fraunces  Tavern. 
Wall  Street. 
The  Bowery. 
Greenwich  Village. 
Chelsea. 
Broadway. 

The  Jumel  Mansion. 
The  Bronx. 

The  Van  Cortlandt  Manor-House. 
Brooklyn. 
Staten  Island. 


NEW  YORK  CITY  AND  THE 

DEVELOPMENT  OF 

TRADE 

Compiled  by  Elsie  Gansevoort  Seymour 


HISTORY 

"A  wooded  island  upon  the  border  of  a  vast,  unexplored, 
picturesque  wild,  three  thousand  miles  from  civilisation,  becomes 
within  three  centuries  the  seat  of  the  arrogant  metropolis  of 
the  Western  world. .  .'hardly  did  old  Rome  herself  emerge  from 
a  more  mysterious  and  fascinating  crucible  of  legend  and  tradi- 
tion/'' —  Mrs.  Lamb. 

The  Discovery 

Giovanni  da  Verrazano  discovers  the  island  of 
Mana-ha-ta.    1524 

Verrazano  commanded  the  first  French  expedition  to  America  sent  out 
by  King  Francis  I  of  France.  Late  in  the  year  1523  he  started  on  his 
voyage  across  the  Atlantic,  in  the  "Dauphine,"  hoping  to  reach  China  by 
a  westward  route.  He  discovered  the  American  coast  not  far  from  North 
Carolina,  and  sailed  northward  as  far  as  Newfoundland  and  thence  back  to 
France.  Among  other  places,  he  stopped  at  New  York  harbor  which  he 
described  as:  "A  very  pleasant  place  situated  among  certaine  little,  steepe 
hills;  from  amidst  the  which  hills  there  ranne  downe  to  the  sea  an  exceeding 
great    streme    of   water." 

Fiske,  John.    The  Dutch  and  Quaker  colonies  in  America,  v.  1, 
p.  60-68.     Houghton. 

Johnson,  W.  H.    Verrazano  explores  the  coast  of  the  United 
States.    (In  his  World's  discoverers,  p.  177-188.    Little.) 

Verrazano's   voyage.      (In    Old    South   leaflets,   v.    1,   no.    17. 
Directors  of  the  Old  South  work.) 

Verrazano's  letter  to  the  king  describing  his  voyage.  It  is  the  earliest 
description  known  to   exist  of  the  shores  of  the  United   States. 


Henry  Hudson  sails  up  the  "River  of  the 
Mountains."     1609 

Henry  Hudson's  third  and  most  famous  voyage  was  in  the  service  of 
the  Dutch  East  India  Company.     He  sailed  from  Amsterdam  in  the  "Half 


Moon"  about  the  first  of  April  1609,  to  search  for  a  northerly  passage  to 
China.  Instead,  he  found  the  mouth  of  the  great  river  which  now  bears  his 
name.  He  explored  the  river  as  far  as  Albany,  having  many  encounters 
with  the  Indians;  some  of  them  were  friendly  "and  brought  tobacco  and 
Indian  wheat  to  exchange  for  knives  and  beades,  and  offered  us  no  violence." 
Hudson  described  the  new  country  as  **The  finest  land  for  cultivation  that 
I  ever  in  my  life  set  foot  upon." 

Bacon,  E.  M.  Henry  Hudson;  his  times  and  his  voyages. 
Putnam. 

The  discovery  of  the  Hudson  River.  (In  Old  South  leaflets, 
V.  4,  no.  94.    Directors  of  the  Old  South  work.) 

From  the  Journal  of  Robert  Juet  who  kept  the  log  of  the  **Half  Moon." 

Griffis,  W.  E.  The  orange,  white,  and  blue  in  the  Hudson 
River.  (In  his  Romance  of  discovery,  p.  233-245. 
Wilde.) 

Higginson,  T.  W.  Henry  Hudson  and  the  New  Netherlands. 
(In  his  Book  of  American  explorers,  p.  279-307.  Long- 
mans.) 

Janvier,  T.  A.    Henry  Hudson.    Harper. 

A  brief  history  of  Henry  Hudson  and  his  four  voyages. 

Johnson,  W.  H.  Hudson's  exploration  of  the  Hudson  River. 
(In  his  World's  discoverers,  p.  328-335.     Little.) 


New  Amsterdam.     1626-1664 

As  a  result  of  Hudson's  discovery  the  city  of  New  Amsterdam  was 
founded  by  the  Dutch  West  India  Company,  and  the  Island  of  Manhat- 
tan was  purchased  from  the  Indians  for  a  fe^y  beads  and  trinkets  worth 
about  twenty-four  dollars.  The  Company  appointed  a  Director-General  or 
Governor  to  manage  the  affairs  of  the  colony.  There  were  seven  Dutch 
governors,  the  most  important  being:  Peter  Minuit,  Wouter  van  Twiller, 
William    Kieft   and    Peter    Stuyvesant. 

John  Romeyn  Brodhead  writes  of  these  early  founders  of  New  York: 
"To  Holland  they  felt  a  deep,  unalterable,  hereditary  attachment.  Nor  have 
the  vicissitudes  of  time  extinguished  that  sentiment  in  their  descendants. 
Two  centuries  have  scarcely  weakened  the  veneration  which  citizens  of  New 
York  of  Dutch  lineage  proudly  cherish  toward  the  fatherland." 

De  Vries,  D.   P.     New  Netherland  in   1640.     (In  Old  South 
leaflets,  v.  7,  no.  168.    Directors  of  the  Old  South  work.) 

From  his  "Short  historical  and  journal  notes"  published  in  1655.  It 
gives  glimpses  of  New  Amsterdam  and  also  of  the  Dutch  and  Indian  life 
on  the   Hudson  as  far  as  Albany. 

*  The  Dutch  on  Manhattan.    Harper's  monthly  magazine,  v.  9, 
p.  433-453,  1854. 

Earle,  A.  M.    Colonial  days  in  old  New  York.    Scribner. 

Social  life  and  customs  of  the  early  Dutch  settlers. 

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Fiske,  John.  The  Dutch  and  Quaker  colonies  in  America,  v. 
1.     Houghton. 

Gordy,  W.  F.  The  Dutch  and  New  Netherland.  (In  his 
Colonial  days,  p.  151-172.    Scribner.) 

Griffis,  W.  E.     The  story  of  New  Netherland;  the  Dutch  in 

America.     Houghton. 

Who  the  founders  of  the  Empire  State  were,  and  what  ideas  and  customs 
they  brought   to    it. 

Hemstreet,   Charles.     Writers  of  New  Amsterdam.     (In  his 
Literary  New  York,  p.  1-24.     Putnam.) 

*  Higginson,  T.  W.  Old  Dutch  times  in  New  York.  St. 
Nicholas,  V.  1,  p.  674-679,  1874. 

Innes,  J.  H.  New  Amsterdam  and  its  people;  studies,  social 
and  topographical,  of  the  town  under  Dutch  and  Eng- 
lish rule.     Scribner. 

Illustrated   from   old   prints,   portraits   and   maps. 

Irving,  Washington.     Dolph  Heyliger.     Heath. 

A  legendary  tale  of  the  Dutch  in  New  York. 

A   history   of   New   York;   by    Diedrich    Knickerbocker. 

Putnam. 

An   unhistorical   history. 

The  legend  of  Sleepy  Hollow.     (In  his  Sketchbook,  p. 

474-521.     Putnam.) 

"The  dominant  spirit,  however,  that  haunts  this  enchanted  region,  and 
seems  to  be  commander-in-chief  of  all  the  powers  of  the  air,  is  the  appari- 
tion of  a  figure  on  horseback  without  a  head." 

—  From  The  legend  of  Sleepy  Hollozv. 

Rip     Van     Winkle;     illustrated     by     Arthur     Rackham. 

Doubleday. 

A   legend   of  the   Catskills. 

"The.  .  .  Catskill  mountains  have  always  been  a  region  full  of  fable.  The 
Indians  considered  them  the  abode  of  spirits,  who  influenced  the  weather, 
spreading  sunshine  or  clouds  over  the  landscape,  and  sending  good  or  bad 
hunting  seasons."  —  Washington  Irving. 

Jameson,  J.  F.  Narratives  of  New  Netherland.  1609-1664. 
Scribner. 

Some  of  the  most  interesting  of  the  contemporary  Dutch  narratives 
translated    into    English. 

Janvier,  T.  A.     The  Dutch  founding  of  New  York.     Harper. 

The  illustrations  have  been  redrawn  from  old  prints. 

Sage,  A.  C.  A  little  colonial  dame;  a  story  of  old  Manhattan 
Island.     Stokes. 

Steendam,  Jacob.  The  complaint  of  New  Amsterdam.  (In 
Stevenson,  B.  E.  Poems  of  American  history,  p.  53-54. 
Houghton.) 

Published  in  1659.  Jacob  Steendam  was  the  earliest  poet  in  New 
Amsterdam. 


The  praise  of  New  Netherland.     (In  Stevenson,   B.   E. 

Poems  of  American  history,  p.  52-53.     Houghton.) 

Tappan,  E.  M.  Letters  from  colonial  children,  p.  188-232. 
Houghton. 

Letters   written   by    Polly    Bergen    of   New   Amsterdam   to   her   aunt   in 
England. 

Van  dcr  Donck,  Adrian.  Description  of  the  New  Netherlands. 
(In  Old  South  leaflets,  v.  3,  no.  69.  Directors  of  the 
Old  South  work.) 

Written    about    1655.       "The    most    important _  work    which    has    come 
down  to  us  describing  New  York  in  the  early  period."  —  Note. 

Van  Rensselaer,  Mrs.  Schuyler.     History  of  the  city  of  New 

York.    V.  1.    Macmillan. 

The   history    of   the   settlement   planted   by   the    Dutch    on   the   island    of 
Manhattan  from  its  earliest  days  until  the  fall  of  New  Amsterdam. 


Peter  Minuit  purchases  Manhattan  Island  from  the 
Indians.     1626 

"After  these  countries  had  passed  into  the  hands  of  the  Incorporated 
West  India  Company.  .  .said  Company  purchased  from  the  Indians,  who 
were  the  indubitable  owners  thereof,  the  island  of  the  Manhathes,  situate 
at  the  entrance  of  the  river,  and  there  laid  the  foundations  of  a  city."  — 
The  West  India  Company  to  the  States  General  of  the  United  Netherlands. 

Irving,  Washington.     A  history  of  New  York;  by  Diedrich 
Knickerbocker,  p.  138-140.     Putnam. 

Todd,  C.  B.     Peter  Minuit.     (In  his  Story  of  the  city  of  New 
York,  p.  19-39.     Putnam.) 


The  Patroons  and  The  Old  Manor  Houses 

**To  encourage  agriculture  and  to  create  permanent  homes,  the  West 
India  Company  in  1629  issued  its  famous  charter  of  'Privileges  and  Exemp- 
tions.* This  charter  declared  that  any  member  of  the  Company  who  should 
within  the  next  four  years  bring  to  New  Netherland  fifty  grown-up  persons 
and  settle  them  in  homes  along  the  Hudson  River  should  receive  a  liberal 
grant  of  land,  to  hold  as  'patroon'  or  'lord  of  the  manor.*  **  —  John  Fiske. 

Bacon,  E.  M.     Early  settlers  of  the  Hudson  valley.     (In  his 
Hudson  River  from  ocean  to  source,  p.  87-99.    Putnam.) 

An  old  Dutch  town.     (In  his  Hudson  River  from  ocean 

to  source,  p.  516-549.    Putnam.) 

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Brooks,  E.  S.  The  little  lord  of  the  manor.  (In  his  Chivalric 
days,  p.  283-308.     Putnam.) 

A  short  story  of  Philipse  manor  during  the  Revolution 

Fiske,  John.  ''Privileges  and  exemptions."  (In  his  Dutch 
and  Quaker  colonies,  v.  1,  p.  127-157.     Houghton.) 

Grant,  Mrs.  A.  M.  Memoirs  of  an  American  lady;  with 
sketches  of  manners  and  scenes  in  America,  as  they 
existed    previous  to  the  Revolution.     Dodd. 

"Written  nearly  half  a  century  after  the  occurrence  of  the  events 
described,  entirely  from  memory."  —  Preface. 

The  "American  Lady"  was  Madame  Schuyler. 

Harland,  Marion,  pseud.  Oak  Hill,  upon  the  Livingston 
manor.  (In  her  Colonial  homesteads,  v.  1,  p.  201-238. 
Putnam.) 

The  Philipse  manor-house.  (In  her  Colonial  home- 
steads, v.  1,  p.  239-275.     Putnam.) 

Humphreys,  M.  G.     Catherine  Schuyler.     Scribner. 

"Through  the  position  of  her  own  family  and  as  the  wife  of  General 
Philip  Schuyler,  she  is  a  representative  figure  among  the  women  of  the 
Dutch  colony  and  the  matrons  of  the  Revolution."  —  Preface. 

Jameson,  J.  F.  Narratives  of  New  Netherland,  p.  89-96. 
Scribner. 

A  translation  of  the  famous  charter  of  "Privileges  and  Exemptions 
of   Patroons"   issued   by   the   West   India   Company. 

Rayner,  Emma.    Free  to  serve.    Page. 

A  story  of  life  in  an  old  manor  house  on  the  Hudson. 


Peter  Stuyvesant.    1647-1664 

Peter  Stuyvesant  was  the  last  and  most  famous  of  the  Dutch  gover- 
nors. "He  came  to  Manhattan  in  the  employ  of  a  mercantile  corporation; 
but  his  whole  heart  and  soul  became  enlisted  in  the  welfare  of  the  country 
of  his  adoption."  —  Mrs.  Lamb. 

Barr,  A.  E.  H.  A  maid  of  old  New  York;  a  romance  of  Peter 
Stuyvesant's  time.    Dodd. 

Bennett,  John.     Barnaby  Lee.     Century. 

How  he  escapes  from  pirates  and  of  his  adventures  in  New  Amsterdam 
in  the  days   of  Peter   Stuyvesant. 

Stedman,  E.  C.  Peter  Stuyvesant's  New  Year's  call.  (In 
Stevenson,  B.  E.  Poems  of  American  history,  p.  54-56. 
Houghton.) 

Tuckerman,  Bayard.  Peter  Stuyvesant,  director-general  for 
the  West  India  Company  in  New  Netherland.     Dodd. 

A  history  of  his  administration. 

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New  Amsterdam  becomes  New  York 

In  1664  the  English  forced  the  Dutch  to  surrender  their  settlements, 
declaring  them  to  be  theirs  by  right  of  discovery,  through  the  Pilgrims  in 
1620,  and  even  through  the  Cabots  as  far  back  as  1497.  The  English  took 
possession  in  the  name  of  the  Duke  of  York,  in  whose  honor  New  Amster- 
dam was  renamed  New   York. 

Altsheler,   J.    A.      A    soldier    of    Manhattan.      Appleton. 

A  story  of  the  French  and  Indian  war. 

Barr,  A.  E.  H.    The  house  on  Cherry  Street.     Dodd. 

A  story  of  New  York  in  Governor  Cosby*s  time  in  which  Zenger  and 
the  "   Weekly  Journal"  are  described. 

The  "Weekly  Journal"  was  started  in  1734  by  John  Peter  Zenger.  It 
supported  the  popular  party  which  was  opposed  to  the  Governor.  Zenger 
was  arrested  on  a  charge  of  libel,  but  at  his  trial  the  jury  returned  a  verdict 
of  "not  guilty."  This  trial  is  said  to  have  secured  the  freedom  of  the 
press  in  America. 

*  Creve-Coeur,  St.  John  de.    New  York  in  1772.    Magazine  of 

American  history,  v.  2,  p.  748-751,  1879. 

Danckaerts,   Jasper.     Journal,    1679-1680;   edited   by   Bartlett 
Burleigh  James  and  J.  Franklin  Jameson.     Scribner. 

"The  journal  of  two  members  of  the  Labadist  sect  who  came  over 
to  this  country  in  order  to  find  a  location  for  the  establishment  of  a  com- 
munity." —  Introduction. 

*  Earle,  Mrs.  A.  M.    Stage-coach  and  tavern  days.    Macmillan. 

Fiske,  John.     The   Dutch  and   Quaker  colonies   in  America. 
V.  2.     Houghton. 

*  Freedom  of  the  press  vindicated.     Harper's  monthly  maga- 

zine, V.  57,  p.  293-298,  1878. 

Zenger's   trial. 

*  Gerard,  J.  W.    The  Dongan  charter  of  the  city  of  New  York. 

Magazine  of  American  history,  v.  16,  p.  30-49,  1886. 

An  account  of  Gov.  Dongan's  administration;  illustrated. 

Hine,  C.  G.    The  New  York  and  Albany  post  road.     Hine. 

*  Lamb,  Mrs.  M.  J.     The  golden  age  of  colonial  New  York. 

Magazine  of  American  history,  v.  24,  p.  1-30,  1890. 

New  York  in  1768. 

*  Old  New  York  coffee-houses.     Harper's  monthly  magazine, 

V.  64,  p.  481-499,  1882. 

Parsons,    C.    W.     The    first   mayor   of   New   York;    Thomas 
Willett.     Magazine  of  American  history,  v.  17,  p.  233- 

242,  1887. 

After  England  had  captured  New  York,  the  Dutch  names  of  the 
city  officials  were  changed  from  Schout,  Burgomasters,  and  Schepens  to 
the  English  Mayor,  Aldermen  and  Sheriff.  Thomas  Willett  was  the  first 
mayor.     He  was  appointed  by  Governor  Nicolls  in   1665. 

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Paulding,  J.  K.     The  Dutchman's  fireside.     Newson. 

A  story  of  the  old  French  and  Indian  war. 

Singleton,  Esther.  Social  New  York  under  the  Georges,  1714- 
1776;  houses,  streets  and  country  homes,  with  chap- 
ters on  fashions,  furniture,  china,  plate  and  manners. 
Appleton. 

Smith,  H.  E.    Colonial  days  and  ways.    Century. 

An  account  of   the   homes  and  amusements   of  the   Dutch   and   English 
settlers. 

*  Stevens,  J.  A.  Old  New  York  taverns.  Harper's  monthly 
magazine,  v.  80,  p.  842-864,  1890. 

Todd,  C.  B.  English  rule.  (In  his  Story  of  the  city  of  New 
York,  p.  131-368.     Putnam.) 

Van  Rensselaer,  Mrs.  Schuyler.     History  o^the  city  of  New 
York,  V.  2.     Macmillan. 
The  English  period  from  1664  to  1691. 

Williams,  Sherman.  Under  English  rule.  (In  his  Stories 
from  early  New  York  history,  p.  42-55.      Scribner.) 


Jacob  Leisler.     1689-1691. 

After  the  downfall  of  the  Stuarts  the  popular  party  in  New  York  rose, 
under  Jacob  Leisler,  and  seized  the  government.  They  held  it  until  the 
arrival  of  Governor  Sloughter,  who  had  been  appointed  by  William  and 
Mary.  He  threw  Leisler  and  his  associate  Milborne  into  prison.  At  their 
trial  they  were  found  guilty  of  high  treason  and  were  sentenced  to  be 
hung. 

Brooks,  E.  S.     In  Leisler's  time.     Lothrop. 

A  story  of  "the  real  boys  and  girls  who... romped  and  chatted  in  the 
little  Knickerbocker  town"  and  "an  attempt  to  reclaim  from  unmerited 
oblivion  the  name.  .  .of ..  .Jacob  Leisler.  .  .tne  first  representative  of  the 
American  people  and  one  of  the  remote  causes  of  American  independence." 

—  Preface. 

Bynner,  E.  L.    The  Begum's  daughter.     Houghton. 

The  Begum  was  an  East  Indian  who  married  a  Dutch  gentleman  living 
in  New  York.  Leisler  and  his  two  daughters,  Mary  and  Hester,  are  im- 
portant characters  in  the  story  as  well  as  Catalina,  the  Begum's  daughter. 

*  Hemstreet,  Charles.     Flower  of  the  Fort.     Pott. 

A  story  of  Leisler's  daughter,  Mary,  who  remained  loyal  to  the 
governor. 

Roosevelt,   Theodore.     The   usurpation   of   Leisler.      (In   his 
New  York,  p.  60-72.     Longmans.) 

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Van  Rensselaer,  Mrs.  Schuyler.     History  of  the  city  of  New 
York,  V.  2,  p.  403-568.     Macmillan. 

Wilson,  R.   R.     Leisler's  rise  and  fall.     (In  his  New  York: 
old  &  new,  v.  1,  p.  107-127.     Lippincott.) 


The  Revolutionary  War.     1775-1783 

"We,  therefore,  the  representatives  of  the  United  States  of  America,  in 
General  Congress  assembled,  appealing  to  the  Supreme  Judge  of  the  World 
for  the  rectitude  of  our  intentions,  do,  in  the  name,  and  by  the  authority 
of  the  good  people  of  these  colonies,  solemnly  publish  and  declare.  That 
these  United  Colonies  are,  and  of  right  ought  to  be  Free  and  Independent 
States."  — From  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 

Barr,  A.  E.  H.    The  bow  of  orange  ribbon.    Dodd. 

A  story  of  New  York  just  before  the  Revolution.  The  Stamp  Act, 
the  Sons  of  Liberty  and  Marinus  Willett  are  described. 

The  maid  of  Maiden  Lane;  a  sequel  to  ''A  bow  of  orange 

ribbon."     Dodd. 


New   York   directly   after   the   Revolution. 

*  Barrow,  E.  N.    The  fortune  of  war.     Holt. 

How    the    daughter    of    an    English    general    obtained    the    freedom    of 
an  American  officer  who  was  a  prisoner  of  war. 

*  Bolton,  R.  P.     Fort  Washington.     Empire  State  Society  of 

the  Sons  of  the  Revolution. 

Contains  a  history  of  the  defence  and  reduction  of  Fort  Washington. 

Fiske,  John.     The  American  Revolution.     2  v.     Houghton. 

Ford,    P.    L.      Janice    Meredith;    a    story    of    the    American 
Revolution.     Dodd. 

*  Hemstreet,  Charles.     In  the  footsteps  of  Washington.    The 

Outlook,  V.  70,  p.  300-308,  1902. 

The    events    in    Washington's    life    which    took    place    in    New    York; 
illustrated. 

*  Johnston,  H.  P.    The  battle  of  Harlem  Heights,  September 

16,  1776.     Macmillan. 

* The  campaign  of  1776  around  New  York  and  Brook- 
lyn.    Long  Island  Historical  Society. 

*  Lossing,  B.  J.     The  pictorial  field-book  of  the  Revolution. 

2  v.     Harper. 

*  McMaster,  J.   B.  Washington's   inauguration.     Harper's 

monthly  magazine,  v.  78,  p.  671-686,  1889. 

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Mason,  A.  B.    Tom  Strong,  boy  captain.     Holt. 

New  York  directly  after  the  Revolution.  The  story  ends  with  Wash- 
ington's  inauguration.      It   is   a   sequel   to   Tom   Strong,   Washington's   scout. 

Tom  Strong,  Washington's  scout.    Holt. 

The  adventures  of  a  boy  during  the  Revolution.  There  are  descrip- 
tions of  the  battles  of  Long  Island  and  Harlem  Heights. 

Morris,  Charles.  The  British  at  New  York.  (In  his  Historical 
tales;  American,    v.  1,  p.  180-188.     Lippincott.) 

How  Mrs.  Murray  entertained  the  English  general,  Sir  Henry  Clinton, 
and  his  officers,  thus  detaining  them,  so  that  General  Putnam  and  his 
army  were  able  to  march  out  of  the  city  and  join  Washington  at  Harlem 
Heights. 

*  New  York  prison-ships.     Harper's  Young  People,  v.  1,  p. 

478-479,  1882. 

^  Describes  the  old  Jersey,  the  largest  of  the  prison-ships,  which  was 
stationed  where  the  Brooklyn  Navy  Yard  now  lies;  and  also  a  few  of  the 
many    curious    escapes    of    the    prisoners. 

*  New  York  prisons  in  \776-7.    Harper*s  Young  People,  v.  1, 

p.  204,  1880. 

*  New  York*s  first  great  fire.     Harper's  Young  People,  v.  1, 

p.  181,  1880. 

"The  first  great  fire  in  New  York  happened  in  September,  1776,  just 
after  Washington  had  been  driven  from  the  city." 

Roosevelt,  Theodore.  The  Revolutionary  war.  (In  his  New 
York,  p.  123-141.     Longmans.) 

Shepherd,  W.  R.  The  battle  of  Harlem  Heights.  (In  Good- 
win, M.  W.  and  others,  Historic  New  York,  v.  2,  p.  345- 
383.    Putnam.) 

Sloane,  W.  M.  The  loss  of  New  York  City.  (In  his  French 
war  and  the  Revolution,  p.  238-250.     Scribner.) 

*  Tuckerman,  Bayard.   Life  of  General  Philip  Schuyler.   Dodd. 

''From  the  days  when  Philip  Schuyler  led  his  company  of  provincials 
in  the  forest  fights  of  the  French  and  Indian  war,  until  he  sat  in  the 
Senate  of  the  United  States  as  the  representative  of  the  State  of  New 
York.  ..A  genuine  love  of  country  la}'  at  the  base  of  all  his  public  actions." 

Whittier,  J.  G.  The  vow  of  Washington.  (In  his  Complete 
poetical  works,  p.  467.     Houghton.) 

"Read  in  New  York,  April  30,  1889,  at  the  Centennial  Celebration  of 
the  Inauguration  of  George  Washington  as  the  first  President  of  the  United 
States." 

Williams,  Sherman.  New  York  in  the  Revolution.  (In  his 
Stories  from  early  New  York  history,  p.  75-78. 
Scribner.) 

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John  Andre 

Major  Andre  was  sent  by  Sir  Henry  Clinton  to  arrange  with  Benedict 
Arnold  for  the  surrender  of  West  Point.  The  place  appointed  for  the 
meeting  was  a  lonely  spot  on  the  west  shore  of  the  Huason  near  Haver- 
straw.  On  his  return  he  was  captured  near  Tarrytown,  and  condemned 
as  a  spy.     He  was  executed  on  October  2,  1780  near  Tappaan  village. 

*  Barnard,  Charles.  The  artist-soldier.  St.  Nicholas,  v.  4,  p. 
233-234,  1877. 

Heath,  William.  The  execution  of  Andre.  (In  Hart,  A.  B.  and 
Mabel  Hill.  Camps  and  firesides  of  the  Revolution, 
p.  289-292.     Macmillan.) 

Lossing,  B.  J.  John  Andre.  (In  his  Two  spies,  p.  35-164, 
Appleton.) 


Nathan  Hale 

Nathan  Hale,  wearing  citizen's  dress,  was  sent  by  Washington  into  the 
British  camp  on  Long  Island,  to  obtain  information  about  their  plan  of 
action.  On  his  return  journey  he  reached  the  Long  Island  shore  in  safety. 
Between  the  soles  of  his  shoes  were  the  drawings  he  had  made  of  fortifica- 
tions, and  his  memoranda  written  in  Latin.  He  was  captured  while  still 
within  the  British  lines  and  executed  as  a  spy,  in  New  York,  September  22, 
1776. 

Finch,  F.  M.    Nathan  Hale.     (In  Eggleston,  G.  C.    American 
war  ballads  and  lyrics,  v.  1,  p.  40-42.     Putnam.) 

*  Johnston,  H.  P.     Nathan  Hale,  1776.     De  Vinne  Press. 

"The  power  of  Hale's  story  lies  in  the  simple  record." 

Lossing,   B.   J.     Nathan   Hale.      (In   his   Two   spies,   p.    1-34. 
Appleton.) 

Nathan  Hale.     (In  Stevenson,  B.  E.     Poems  of  American  his- 
tory, p.  185.     Houghton.) 

Stoddard,  W.  O.     Guert  Ten  Eyck.     Lothrop. 

The  story  of  a  boy's  adventures  during  the  Revolution,  and  of  his 
friendship  with  Nathan  Hale.  Washington,  Hamilton  and  other  historical 
characters  come   into   the  story. 


Alexander  Hamilton 

"The    Patriot    of    incorruptible    integrity 
The   Soldier   of  approved   valor 
The   Statesman  of  consummate  wisdom 

Whose  talents  and  virtues  will  be  admired  by  Grateful  Posterity 
Long  after  this  marble  shall  have  molderea  into  dust." 

—  Epitaph  on  Hamilton's  tomb  in  Trinity  Churchyard. 

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Atherton,  Mrs.  G.  F.  H.     The  conqueror.     Macmillan. 

The  life  of  Alexander  Hamilton  written  as  a  story,  describing  his 
boyhood  in  the  West  Indies,  as  well  as  his  later  life  in  New  York;  and 
enciing   with    his    duel    with    Aaron    Burr. 

Fiske,  John.  Alexander  Hamilton  and  the  Federalist  party. 
(In  his  Essays  historical  and  literary,  v.  1,  p.  99-142. 
Macmillan.) 

Hamilton,  A.  M.  The  intimate  life  of  Alexander  Hamilton. 
Scribner. 

Morris,  Charles.  Alexander  Hamilton,  the  architect  of  Ameri- 
can finance.  (In  his  Heroes  of  progress  in  America, 
p.  76-84.     Lippincott.) 


New  York  after  the  Revolution 
Barr,  A.  E.  H.     Trinity  bells.     Dodd. 

The  Captain  of  an  American  merchantman  was  taken  by  the  Algerian 
pirates  and  sold  as  a  slave  in  Tripoli.  The  story  describes  New  York 
at  this  period,  how  his  family  raised  the  ransom,  and  his  final  return. 

Bunner,  H.  C.     The  midge.     Scribner. 

A   story    of   the    old    French    quarter. 

Dillon,  Mrs.  M.  C.     Miss  Livingston's  companion.     Century. 

The  story  of  a  young  Englishman  who  comes  to  America  in  the  year 
1803.  Hamilton,  Burr,  Irving  and  Cooper  are  among  the  prominent  people 
he    meets. 

*  Francis,  J.  W.     Old  New  York;   or,   Reminiscences  of  the 
past  sixty  years.     Widdleton. 

Dr.  Francis  was  a  distinguished  physician  in  New  York  during  the 
first  half  of  the  nineteenth  century.  "Few  American  citizens,  unconnected 
officially  with  public  affairs,  were  more  identified,  through  sympathy  and 
intelligence  with  the  development  of  the  country,  during  the  important 
period   indicated."      Henry   T.    Tuckerman. 

Hulbert,  A.  B.     Pioneer  roads,  v.  2.     Clark.     (Historic  high- 
ways  of  America,     v.    12.) 

The    Genesee    Road    and    the    Catskill    Turnpike. 

Hutton,  Laurence.     A  boy  I  knew.     (In  his  A  boy  I  knew, 
four  dogs  and  some  more  dogs,  p.  3-57.     Harper.) 

The  author's   own  boyhood   in   lower   New   York. 

"He  was  afterwards  lost  in  Greenwich  Street,  having  gone  there  on 
the  back  step  of  an  ice  cart;  and  once  he  was  conveyed  as  far  as  the  Hudson 
River  Railroad  Depot,  at  Chambers  Street,  on  his  sled,  which  he  had 
hitched  to  the  milkman's  wagon,  and  could  not  untie.  This  was  very  serious 
inde'^'d;  for  the  Boy  realized  that  he  had  not  only  lost  himself  but  his  sleigh, 
too." 

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Mines,  J.  F.  A  tour  around  New  York;  and,  My  summer  acre. 
Harper. 

"The  record  of  a  random  tour  through  places  whose  acquaintance  I 
made  as  a  boy,  that  recall  the  people  of  other  days  whom  I  have  known.** 
From  A  tour  around  New  York. 

"My  summer  acre  fronts  upon  the  East  River,  near  the  spot  where 
the  waters  of  Hell  Gate  begin  to  seethe  and  swirl.  ..The  house  is  as  old  as 
our  second  war  with  Great  Britain.  It  was  built  for  the  summer  residence 
of  ^  family  whose  city  mansion  was  then  in  the  neighborhood  of  the 
Bowling  Green.** 

Morris,  Charles.  Horace  Greeley,  the  premier  of  American 
editors.  (In  his  Heroes  of  progress  in  America,  p.  287- 
295.     Lippincott.) 

Parton,  James.  James  Lenox,  book  collector.  (In  his  Cap- 
tains of  industry.  Second  series,  p.  302-314.  Hough- 
ton.) 

Pidgin,   C.   F.     Blennerhasset.     Grosset. 

The  story   of  Aaron   Burr's  life  after  his  duel   with   Hamilton. 

*  Rideing,  W.  H.  Croton  water.    The  Century  magazine,  v.  14, 

(old  series.)     p.  161-176,  1877. 

The  aqueduct  and  dam  and  how  they  were  built;  illustrated.  Mrs. 
Lamb,  describing  the  aqueduct  writes:  "A  dam  was  thrown  across  the 
Croton  River  creating  a  lake  five  miles  long,  from  which  a  conduit  of 
solid  masonry  was  constructed  to  the  city  forty-five  miles  in  length... 
On  the  4th  of  Jul}',  1842,  the  Croton  River,  turned  into  its  new  and  enduring 
channel,  rushed  into  the  city.  The  event  was  celebrated  with  an  imposing 
military   and   civic   procession   seven   miles   in   length." 

Roosevelt,  Theodore.     New  York,  p.  142-226.     Longmans. 
Smith,  F.  H.    The  fortunes  of  Oliver  Horn.     Scribner. 

There  is  a  description  of  the  National  Academy  of  Design  in  early 
days. 

"Outside  the  bare  walls  of  these  rooms  there  was  hardly  a  student's 
easel   to   be   found   the  country   over. 

And  such  forlorn,  desolate  rooms-;  up  two  flights  of  dusty  stairs,  in 
a  rickety,  dingy  loft  off  Broadway,  within  a  short  walk  of  Union  Square  — 
an  auction-room  on  the  ground  floor  and  a  bar-room  in  the  rear." 

Viele,  H.  K.     The  last  of  the  Knickerbockers.     Duffield. 
A  story  of  some  of  the  descendants  of  the  early  Dutch  settlers. 

*  White,  R.  G.     Old  New  York  and  its  houses.     The  Century 

magazine,  v.  4,  (new  series.)     p.  845-859,  1883. 

Period    1830-45. 

Wilson,  R.  R.  New  York  as  a  free  city.  (In  his  New  York: 
old  &  new.    v.  1,  p.  257-390.    Lippincott.) 

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The  Civil  War 

New  York  was  opposed  to  the  war  in  the  beginning  and  every  effort 
was  made  to  avert  it.  But  after  Fort  Sumter  had  been  fired  on,  there 
were  no  more  loyal  and  patriotic  citizens  than  the  people  of  New  York. 

"The  Seventh  Regiment  of  the  New  York  National  Guards,  by  all  odds 
the  best  regiment  in  the  United  States  Militia,  was  the  first  in  the  whole 
country  to  go  to  the  front  and  reach  Washington,  securing  it  against  any 
sudden  surprise."  —  Theodore  Roosevelt. 

Aldrich,  T.  B.     My  cousin  the  colonel.     (In  his  Two  bites  at 
a  cherry,  with  other  tales,  p.  151-223.     Houghton.) 

A  short  story  of  New  York  just  after  the  Civil  war. 

King,  Charles.     From  school  to  battle-field.     Lippincott. 

The  story  of  two  boys  at  a  New  York  Latin  school.  At  the  outbreak 
of  the  Civil  war  they  joined  the  Northern  Army  under  General   McClellan. 

Roberts,  E.  H.     The  war  for  the  Union.     (In  his  New  York, 
V.  2,  p.  651-677.     Houghton.) 

Stoddard,  W.  O.    The  battle  of  New  York.    Appleton. 

A   story   of   the    draft-riots. 

Todd,  C.  B.    New  York  in  the  Civil  war.     (In  his  Story  of  the 
city  of  New  York,  p.  445-451.     Putnam.) 


Some  General  Histories 

Bacon,  E.  M.  The  Hudson  River  from  ocean  to  source,  his- 
torical,  legendary,    picturesque.      Putnam. 

Bank  of  the  Manhattan  Company.  Historic  buildings  now 
standing  in  New  York  which  were  erected  prior  to  eigh- 
teen hundred.  Walton  advertising  and  printing  com- 
pany. 

An  illustrated  pamphlet. 

Goodwin,  M.  W.,  and  others.  Historic  New  York;  being  the 
first  and  second  series  of  the  Half  Moon  papers.  2  v. 
Putnam. 

Twenty-four  short  articles.  **These  monographs  do  not  attempt  to 
give  any  connected  history  of  the  city,  but  to  present  authentic  accounts 
of  localities  of  special  interest,  and  to  describe  the  features  peculiar  to 
the  life  of  the  olden  time  in  New  Amsterdam  and  early  New  York.'* 

—  Preface. 

Hemstreet,  Charles.     Literary  New  York;  its  landmarks  and 

associations.     Putnam. 

Beginning  with  "Writers  of  New  Amsterdam"  and  ending  with  "Some 
writers   of   to-day.'* 

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Nooks  &  corners  of  old  New  York.     Scribner. 

The  story  of  Manhattan.     Scribner. 

A  short  history  for  younger  children,  with  illustrations  from  old  prints 
and  wood   engravings. 

When  old  New  York  was  young.     Scribner. 

Partial    contents: 

Christmas  in  Old  New  Amsterdam.  About  Old  St.  Paul's.  Around 
the  Collect  Pond.     The  pleasant  days  of  Cherry  Hill. 

Janvier,  T.  A.     In  old  New  York.     Harper. 

Historical  sketches  describing  the  growth  of  certain  localities. 

Jenkins,  Stephen.     The  old  Boston  post  road.     Putnam. 

A  history  of  the  oldest  post  road  from  New  York  to  Boston,  over 
which  the  first  post   rider   went   in   1673. 

*  Lamb,  Mrs.  M.  J.     Historic  homes  and  landmarks.     Maga- 

zine of  American  history,  v.  22,  p.  177-203,  1889. 

* and  Mrs.  Burton  Harrison.    History  of  the  city  of  New 

York;   its   origin,   rise   and   progress;    illustrated.     3   v. 
Barnes. 

Mines,  J.  F.  Walks  in  our  churchyards;  by  Felix  Oldboy. 
Peck. 

Trinity  churchyard,  St.  Paul's  churchyard,  and  St.  John's  churchyard. 
An  historical  account  of  these  churchyards  and  of  the  prominent  people 
who   are  buried   there. 

Morey,  W.  C.    The  government  of  New  York.     Macmillan. 

•     This    is    written    for    boys    and    girls    and    includes    an    account    of    the 
government   under   the   Dutch  and   English. 

Roberts,  E.  H.  New  York;  the  planting  and  the  growth  of 
the  Empire  State.  2  v.  Houghton.  (American  com- 
monwealths.) 

A   history   of  the   state   up  to    1903. 

Roosevelt,  Theodore.  New  York.  Longmans.  (Historic 
towns.) 

The    author    has    aimed    *'to  sketch    the    workings    of    the    town's    life, 

social,    commercial    and    political  at    successive    periods.  .  .and    to    trace    the 

causes    which    gradually    changed  a   little    Dutch   trading-hamlet   into   a   huge 
American  city."  — Preface. 

*  Smith,  F.  H.    Charcoals  of  new  and  old  New  York.    Double- 

day. 

Full    page   illustrations   by    the    author. 

Todd,  C.  B.  A  brief  history  of  the  city  of  New  York.  Ameri- 
can Book  Company. 

* In  olde  New  York;  sketches  of  old  times  and  places 

in  both  the  state  and  the  city.     The  Grafton  Press. 

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The  story  of  the  city  of  New  York.     Putnam. 


The    story    of   the    founding    and    growth    of    the    city,    including    many 
picturesque    incidents. 

Ulmann,  Albert.     A  landmark  history  of  New  York;  also  the 
origin  of  street  names  and  a  bibliography.     Appleton. 

Told    in    the    form    of    conversations   with    three    children    as    they    visit 
the   historic   places   of   New   York. 

*  Valentine,  D.  T.     History  of  New  York  City.     Putnam. 

A    history    through    1756. 

The  wayfarer  in  New  York.     Macmillan. 

Quotations    from    well    known    authors    who    have    written    about    the 
different   sections  of  New   York. 

Wilson,  R.  R.     New  York:  old  &  new,  its  story,  streets  and 
landmarks.     2  v.     Lippincott. 

The  first  volume  is  a  history  of  the  city.     The  second  volume  describes 
the  topographical  features  of  early   New   York. 


TRADE  AND  ITS  DEVELOPMENT 

''The  crowning  city,  whose  merchants  are  princes,  whose  traf- 
fickers are  the  honorable  of  the  earth''  —  Isaiah  xxiii,  8. 


The  West  India  Company 

*'In  1621,  the  great  West  India  Company  was  chartered  by  the  States- 
general  [of  Holland]  and  given  the  monopoly  of  the  American  trade;  and 
it  was  by  this  company  that  the  city  was  really  founded." 

—  Theodore    Roosevelt. 

Fiske,  John.     The  West  India  Company.     (In  his  Dutch  and 
Quaker  colonies,  v.   1,  p.  96-126.     Houghton.) 

■  New  York  Commercial  Tercentenary  Commission. 

The  commercial  tercentenary  of  New  York,  1614-1914;  containing  a  brief 
history  of  the  beginning  of  the  regularly  chartered  commerce  of  New 
Netherland  and  the  permanent  settlement  of  what  is  now  the  State  of 
New    York.      1914. 


Roosevelt,  Theodore.     New  York,  p.  9-11.     Longmans. 

Todd,  C.  B.     The  story  of  the  city  of  New  York,  p.   11-15. 
Putnam. 

Wilson,  R.  R.    The  West  India  Company.     (In  his  New  York 
old  &  new,  v.  1,  p.  15-25.     Lippincott.) 


The  Five  Nations  and  The  Fur  Trade 

In  the  early  days  of  the  Dutch  and  English  many  of  the  young  men 
set  out  on  journeys  to  the  interior  to  trade  with  the  Indians.  "The  small 
bark  canoe  in  which  this  hardy  adventurer  embarked.  .  .was  entirely  filled 
with.  .  .blankets,  guns,  powder,  beads,  etc.,  suited  to  the  various  wants  and 
fancies  of  the  natives.  .  .Without  compass,  or  guide  of  any  kind,  the  traders 
steered    through    these   pathless    forests."  — Mrs.    Grant. 

Canfield,  W.  W.     At  Seneca  Castle.     Button. 

A  story  of  General  Sullivan's  campaign  against  the  Iroquois  in  1779. 
A  sequel  to  the   White  Seneca. 

The  White   Seneca.     Button. 

"For  the  entertainment  of  those  American  boys  and  girls  who  love 
a  rugged  story  of  adventure,  I  propose  to  write  some  account  of  my  cap- 
tivity .by  the  Indians  and  the  several  years  I  lived  in  their  village." 

Cooper,  J.  F.     The  Beerslayer.     Putnam. 

Leather-stocking   tales,    part    1. 

The  Last  of  the  Mohicans;  with  illustrations  by  E.  Boyd 

Smith.     Holt. 

Leather-stocking   tales,    part    2. 

"Why  do  my  brothers  mourn! ..  .that  a  young  man  has  gone  to  the 
happy  hunting-grounds;  that  a  chief  has  filled  his  time  with  honor!... The 
Manitou  had   need  of  such  a  warrior,  and  he  has  called  him  away." 

The  pathfinder;  or,  The  Inland  sea.     Putnam. 


Leather-stocking  tales,   part   3. 

-  The   pioneers.     Putnam. 

Leather-stocking   tales,   part   4. 

-  Wyandotte.     Putnam. 


Indian  warfare  on  Otsego  lake  during  the  Revolution. 

Diefendorf,  M.  R.    The  historic  Mohawk.    Putnam. 

"The  settlements,  the  customs,  and  the  struggles  of  its  early  days." 

—  Preface. 

Drake,  F.  S.     The  Iroquois.     (In  his  Indian  history,  p.  127- 
144.     Harper.) 

Foote,  M.  H.     The  royal  Americans.     Houghton. 

How  a  little  French  girl  who  had  been  taken  captive  by  the  Indians 
was  adopted  by  an  English  officer.  Madam  Schuyler,  Sir  John  Johnson, 
Madame  de  Riedesel  and  other  historic  characters  come  into  the  story. 

Frederic,  Harold.     In  the  valley.     Scribner. 

A  story  of  the   Mohawk  Valley.      1757-1780. 

"Therefore,  I  say,  all  honor  and  glory  to  the  rude,  unlettered  great- 
souled  yeomen  of  the  Mohawk  Valley,  who  braved  death... that  Congress 
and  the  free  Colonies  might  live." 

Griffis,  W.  E.    The  pathfinders  of  the  Revolution.    Wilde. 

"Their  great  expedition  of  1779  into  the  lake  region  of  central  and 
western  New  York,  broke  completely  the  power  of  the  Iroquois  Confederacy." 

—  Preface. 

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Halsey,  F.  W.  The  old  New  York  frontier;  its  wars  with 
Indians  and  Tories,  its  missionary  schools,  pioneers  and 
land   titles.      1614-1800.      Scribner. 

Hulbert,  A.  B.  Indian  thoroughfares.  Clark.  (Historic  high- 
ways of  America,  v.  2.) 

**To  one  who  is  imaginative  the  old  days  will  come  back;  the  trail 
and  forest  are  again  peopled,  border  armies  hurry  by,  and  the  long  stream 
of  immigration  floods  the  land."  —  Preface. 

Portage  paths.     Clark.     (Historic  highways  of  America, 

V.  7.) 

"These  places  are  called  portages,  inasmuch  as  one  is  compelled  to 
transport  on  his  shoulders  all  the  baggage,  and  even  the  boat,  in  order  to 
go  and  find  some  other  river,  or  make  one's  way  around  these  rapids  and 
torrents."  —  The   Jesuit   relations. 

Johnston,  C.  H.  L.  Captain  Joseph  Brant:  the  warrior  chief 
of  the  Mohawks.  (In  his  Famous  Indian  chiefs,  p.  254- 
283.     Page.) 

•  Red  Jacket,  or  Sa-go-ye-wat-ha:  the  great  orator  of  the 

Senecas.      (In    his    Famous    Indian    chiefs,    p.    230-253. 
Page.) 

Parkman,  Francis.     The  Jesuits  in  North  America.     Little. 

"Marvellous  adventures  and  sacrifices,  and  vivid  pictures  of  forest 
life."  —  Preface. 

Reid,  W.  M.  The  Mohawk  Valley;  its  legends  and  its  history. 
Putnam. 

From    1609   to   1780. 

Seelye,  E.  E.    and  Edvv^ard  Eggleston.     Brant  and  Red  Jacket. 

Dodd. 

The  lives  of  two  Iroquois  chiefs  who  lived  during  the  old  French 
war  and  the   Revolution. 

*  Simms,  J.  R.  The  frontiersmen  of  New  York;  showing  the 
customs  of  the  Indians,  vicissitudes  of  the  pioneer  white 
settlers,  and  the  border  strife  in  two  wars;  with  a  great 
variety  of  romantic  and  thrilling  stories  never  before 
published.     2  v.     Albany,  1882.     Riggs. 

Smith,  Richard.  A  tour  of  four  great  rivers;  the  Hudson, 
Mohawk,  Susquehanna  and  Delaware  in  1769;  being 
the  journal  of  Richard  Smith.     Scribner. 

"Mr.  Smith  saw  these  valleys,  when  the  Indians  still  traversed  the 
trails  that  had  been  worn  deep  by  the  feet  of  their  forefathers,  and  when 
the  bark  canoe  was  still  an  indispensable  adjunct  of  frontier  trade." 

—  Historical  introduction. 

Williams,  Sherman.  The  Iroquois  confederacy.  (In  his 
Stories  from  early  New  York  history,  p.  90-128.  Scrib- 
ner.) 

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Sir  William  Johnson 

"He  might  indeed  be  called  the  tribune  of  the  Five  Nations;  whose 
claims  he  asserted,  whose  rights  he  protected,  and  over  whose  minds  he 
possessed    a    greater    sway    than    any    other    individual    had    ever    attained." 

—  Mrs.   Grant. 

Chambers,   R.  W.     Cardigan.     Harper. 

A  romance  of  Johnson  Hall  during  the  Indian  wars  and  the  first 
years   of  the   Revolution.      Cardigan  was   Sir   William's   nephew. 

Diefendorf,  M.  R.     In  the  days  of  Sir  William.     (In  her  His- 
toric Mohawk,  p.  68-153.     Putnam.) 

Harland,   Marion,   pseud.     Johnson    Hall.      (In    her    Colonial 
homesteads,  v.  2,  p.  1-64.     Putnam.) 

Parkman,  Francis.    The  conspiracy  of  Pontiac.    v.  1,  p.  69-99. 
Little. 

Reid,  W.  M.    The  story  of  old  Fort  Johnson.     Putnam. 

The  interest  and  pleasure  of  Chambers'  story  of  Cardigan  will  be 
greatly  increased  after  having  read  this  account  of  "old  Fort  Johnson," 
and  the  part  it  played  in  the  excitirig  early  life  in  "The  Valley." 

The  book  also  contains  portraits  and  pictures  of  the  country  and  of 
the   historic   old   house. 

*Todd,  C.  B.     Johnson  Hall.     (In  his  In  olde  New  York,  p. 
129-139.     The  Grafton  Press.) 


The  Colonial  Sea-port 
Cooper,  J.  F.     The  Water-Witch.     Putnam. 

A   story   of   New   York   harbor   in   Lord   Cornbury's   time.      The   Water 
Witch    was   a    smuggling   brigantine. 

Roosevelt,  Theodore.     The   growth   of  the   colonial   seaport, 
(In  his  New  York,  p.  73-88.     Longmans.) 


Privateers  and  Pirates.     Captain  Kidd 

"The  privateer ..  .was  a  private  citizen,  owner  of  a  swift  merchant- 
vessel,  whom  his  government  in  time  of  war  commissioned  to  proceed 
against  the  enemy  and  kill,  burn,  and  capture  wherever  he  might  meet  him.  .  . 
If,  however,  a  privateer  turned  his  guns  upon  peaceful  nations  not  named 
in  his  commission,  he  became  a  pirate."  —  Charles  Burr  Todd. 

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Frothingham,  J.  P.  The  pirate  paramount;  and,  A  pirate 
in  the  making.  (In  her  Sea-wolves  of  seven  shores, 
p.  275-300.     Scribner.) 

Stories   of   Captain   Kidd. 

"I   steer'd  from  sound  to  sound, 
And  many  ships  I  found, 
And  most  of  them  I  burnM, 
As   I   sailed. 
*  *  * 

I'd  ninety  bars  of  gold. 
And   dollars   manifold. 
With   riches  uncontroU'd, 
As  I  sailed." 

Irving,  Washington.  Wolfert  Webber.  (In  Tales  from  Wash- 
ington Irving's  Traveller,  p.  168-196.     Lippincott.) 

"His  formidable  hero  is  an  old  pirate  with  a  sea  chest,  afortime  one 
of  Kidd's  rogues,  who  appears  at  the  Dutch  tavern  near  Corlear's  Hook, 
and   there   awaits   tidings    of   his   shipmates   and   the   hidden   treasure." 

—  Ralph  D.  Paine. 

*  Janvier,  T.  A.  New  York  colonial  privateers.  Harper's 
monthly  magazine,  v.  90,  p.  333-343.     1895. 

* The    sea-robbers    of    New    York.      Harper's    monthly 

magazine,    v.  89,  p.  813-827.     1894. 

Paine,  R.  D.    The  book  of  buried  treasure;  p.  26-128.    Sturgis. 

Captain  Kidd  in   fact  and  fiction. 
Captain  Kidd,  his    treasure. 
Captain  Kidd,  his    trial    and    death. 

Pyle,  Howard.  Tom  Chist  and  the  treasure-box;  an  old-time 
story  of  the  days  of  Captain  Kidd.  (In  his  Stolen 
Treasure,  p.  45-95.     Harper.) 

Wilson,  R.  R.  Privateer  and  pirate.  (In  his  New  York:  old 
&  new,  p.  128-148.     Lippincott.) 


The  Free  City 

Bank  of  the  Manhattan  Company.    A  progressive  commercial 
bank.     The  Irving  Press. 

A  pamphlet  giving  a  short  history  of  banking  in  New  York. 

Chemical  National  Bank.    History  of  the  Chemical  Bank,  1823- 
1913.     Country  Life  Press. 
Illustrated   from   old   prints   and   photographs. 

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Roosevelt,  Theodore.  The  growth  of  the  commercial  and 
democratic  city.  (In  his  New  York,  p.  175-200.  Long- 
mans.) 

Todd,  C.  B.     The  story  of  the  city  of  New  York,  p.  391-430. 

Putnam. 

Chapters   on  A   typical   New  York   merchant,   Commercial   development, 
Ships  and  sailors. 


War  of  1812 
Barr,  A.  E.  H.     The  belle  of  Bowling  Green.     Dodd. 

A  story  of  New  York  during  the  war  of  1812. 

Cooper,  J.  F.     Miles  Wallingford.     Putnam. 

A  story  showing  some  of  the  causes  leading  up  to  the  war  of  1812. 
The  impressment  of  British  seamen,  from  on  board  of  American  merchant 
vessels. 

Wilson,  R.  R.     The  second  war  with  England.     (In  his  New 
York:  old  and  new,  v.  1,  p.  303-324.     Lippincott.) 


Old  Merchants  of  New  York 

*  Scoville,  J.  A.       The    old    merchants    of    New    York    city. 

Carleton. 

*  Stoddard,  W.  O.    Alexander  Turney  Stewart.     (In  his  Men 

of  business,  p.  182-196.     Scribner.) 


John  Jacob  Astor.    1763-1848 

Grinnell,  G.  B.     An  early  fur  trader.     (In  his  Beyond  the  old 
frontier,  p.  1-38.     Scribner.) 

*  Stoddard,  W.  O.     John  Jacob  Astor.     (In  his  Men  of  busi- 
ness, p.  9-30.     Scribner.) 


Peter  Cooper.    1791-1883 

Autobiography  of  Peter  Cooper.     (In  Old  South  leaflets,  v.  6, 
no.  147.     Directors  of  the  Old  South  work.) 

Raymond,  R.  W.     Peter  Cooper.    Houghton. 

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Samuel  Morse  and  the  Telegraph.     1791-1872 

"The  story   of   the   long-baffled   efforts   and   final  success   of   Morse   is 
as  remarkable  as  any  in  the  annals  of  discovery.'*  —  Mrs.  Lamb. 

Bolton,  S.  K.    Samuel    Finley  Breese  Morse.     (In  her  Famous 
men  of  science,  p.  202-245.     Crowell.) 

Holland,  R.  S.     Morse  and  the  telegraph,  1791-1872.     (In  his 
Historic  inventions,  p.  168-188.     Jacobs.) 

lies,  George.     Samuel  F.  B.  Morse.     (In  his  Leading  Ameri- 
can inventors,  p.  119-175.     Holt.) 


Transportation 

"The  secret,  then,  of  New  York's  proud  greatness,  why  she  is  and 
always  will  be  the  Imperial  City  of  North  America.  ..is  found  in  the 
word  transportation."  —  Ernest  Ingersoll. 


Robert  Fulton.     1765-1815 

"lie  reached  Albany  in  safety  and  in  triumph,  having  accomplished  the 
distance  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  miles  at  the  average  rate  of  five  miles 
per  hour...  This  was  the  first  voyage  of  any  considerable  length  ever 
made  by  a  sLeam  vessel  in  any  quarter  of  the  world."         —  Mrs.   Lamb. 

*  Buckman,  D.  L.     Old  steamboat  days  on  the  Hudson.    The 
Grafton  Press. 

The  invention  of  the  steamboat.     (In  Old  South  leaflets,  v.  5, 
no.  108.     Directors  of  the  Old  South  work.) 


Knox,  T.  W.    The  life  of  Robert  Fulton.    Putnam. 

Miller,   P.   F.     The  story  of  Robert   Fulton.     The   Knicker- 
bocker Press. 

Sutcliffe,  A.  C.    Robert  Fulton  and  the  ''Clermont.'*    Century. 


The  Erie  Canal 

"The  Erie  Canal  was  completed  on  the  26th  of  October,  1825...  At 
ten  o'clock  precisely  the  waters  of  Lake  Erie  were  admitted  into  the  canal, 
and  the  news  was  transmitted  to  New  York  City  in  an  hour  and  thirty 
minutes,  by  the  discharge  of  cannon  posted  along  the  route  at  intervals... 
The  canal-boat  Seneca  Chief  led  off  in  fine  style,  drawn  by  four  grey 
horses,  fancifully  caparisoned."  —  Mrs.  Lamb. 

Hulbert,  A.  B.     The  great  American  canals,  v.  2.     The  Erie 
Canal.     Clark.     (Historic  highways  of  America,    v.  14.) 

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Morris,  Charles.  De  Witt  Clinton,  the  Father  of  the  Erie 
Canal.  (In  his  Heroes  of  progress  in  America,  p.  177- 
183.     Lippincott.) 

Roberts,  E.  H.  Waterways  and  their  development.  (In  his 
New  York,  v.  2,  p.  524-549.     Houghton.) 

Trowbridge,  J.  T.    Jack  Hazard  and  his  fortunes.     Winston. 

The  story  of  a  canal-boy  on  the  Erie  tow-path. 


Railroads 

On  October  1,  1851,  the  Hudson  River  Railroad  was  opened  between 
New  York  and  Albany.  The  first  passenger  station  was  at  Chambers  Street 
and  College  Place. 

Carter,  C.  F.     When  railroads  were  new.     Holt. 

Jenkins,  Stephen.     Later  means  of  communication.     (In  his 
Story  of  the  Bronx,  p.  228-250.     Putnam.) 

*  Stoddard,  W.  O.    Cornelius  Vanderbilt.    (In  his  Men  of  busi- 
ness, p.  31-52.     Scribner.) 


The  Elevated  Railroad 

*  Barnard,   Charles.     The  railroad  in  the  air.     St.   Nicholas, 
V.  6,  p.  800-808,  1879. 

How  the  elevated  railroad  was  built.     Well  illustrated. 


Brooklyn  Bridge  and  Other  Bridges 

Brooklyn  Bridge  was  formally  opened  on  May  24,  1883 

*  Barnard,  Charles.     The  Brooklyn  bridge.     St.   Nicholas,  v. 

10,  pt.  2,  p.  688-700,  1883. 

*  The  city's  giant  bridges.     Scientific  American,  v.  99,  p.  397- 

400,   1908. 

Brooklyn  Bridge,  Williamsburg  Bridge,  Manhattan  Bridge  and  Queens- 
borough    Bridge,    illustrated. 

Jenkins,  Stephen.     Ferries  and  bridges.     (In  his  Story  of  the 
Bronx,  p.   177-208.     Putnam.) 

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Tunnels 

*  Bruere,  R.  W.     The  gates  of  New  York.     The  Outlook,  v. 

S5,  p.  927-942,  1907. 

Tunnel  entrances  to  New  York. 

*  Reeve,  A.  B.    The  romance  of  tunnel  building;  the  sixteen. . . 

tunnels  built  and  building  under  the  rivers  around  New 
York  City. .  .the  men  on  the  job,  the  dangers  they  face, 
and  how  they  are  doing  the  work.  The  World's  Work, 
V.  13,  p.  8338-8351,  1906. 


The  Old  Subways 

*  Cunniff,  M.  G.    The  New  York  subway.    The  World's  Work, 

V.  8,  p.  5346-5364,  1904. 

*  McDonald,  J.  B.    The  tunnel  through  New  York;  the  inter- 

esting engineering  feat  of  constructing  an  underground 
railway  more  than  fourteen  miles  long  beneath  the 
streets  of  the  metropolis  without  stopping  surface  traf- 
fic.    Munsey's  magazine,  v.  25,  p.  226-234,   1901. 

An  account  of  the  old  subway  by  the  contractor  who  built  it;  illustrated. 

*  Parsons,  W.   B.     Rapid   transit   in   New   York.     Scribner's 

magazine,  v.  27,  p.  545-555,   1900. 

*  Ruhl,  Arthur.    Building  New  York's  subway.    The  Century 

magazine,  v.- 42,  (new  series),    p.  894-907,  1902. 


The  New  Subways 

*  Building  a  four-track  tunnel  beneath  Broadway.     Scientific 

American,  v.  108,  p.  154,  1913. 

*  The  Lexington  Avenue  subway  four-track  tunnel  under  the 

Harlem  River.     Scientific  American,  v.  108,  p.  286,  1913. 

*  Progress  of  the  new  Harlem  River  tunnel.    Scientific  Ameri- 

can, V.  109,  p.  244-245,  1913. 

Public  Service  Commission.  First  District.  New  subways 
for  New  York.  The  dual  system  of  rapid  transit.  Pub- 
lic  Service    Commission. 

A  pamphlet  describing  the  new  subways.     Illustrated  from  photographs. 

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The  Barge  Canal 

*  Hungerford,  Edward.     New  York's  own  Panama.     Munsey's 

magazine,  v.  50,  p.  228-241,   1913. 

New  York  State.  State  Engineer.  The  barge  canal  system 
being  constructed  by  the  State  of  New  York.  J.  B. 
Lyon. 

A    pamphlet    containing    excellent    illustrations    from    photographs,    and 
maps.     Issued  by  the  State  Engineer,  November  1,  1913. 

*  Whitford,  N.  E.     New  York  State  barge  canal;  completing 

one  of  the  world's  greatest  engineering  works.     Scien- 
tific American,  v.  108,  p.  2>77-Z79,  1913. 


THE  MODERN  CITY 

"City  of  the  world!  (for  all  races  are  here, 
All  the  lands  of  the  earth  make  contributions  here.)" 

—  Walt   Whitman. 

*  Adams,  J.  H.     A  trip  through  the  New  York  assay  office. 

St.  Nicholas,  v.  30,  pt.  2,  p.  1081-1088,  1903. 

* A  trip  through  the  New  York  Navy  Yard.    St.  Nicholas, 

V.  30,  pt.  2,  p.  47-55,  1903. 

Baker,  A.  G.  and  A.  H.  Ware.  Municipal  government  of  the 
city  of  New  York.     Ginn. 

*  Barnard,   Charles.     The    Boy's    Club.      St.    Nicholas,   v.    12, 

pt.  1,  p.  439-444,  1885. 

How  the  club  in  Tenth   Street  was  founded. 

Bunner,  H.  C.  The  red  box  at  Vesey  Street.  (In  his  Poems, 
p.  237-239.     Scribner.) 

The   red  box   at   Vesey    Street  was   for   newspapers,   to   be   sent   to   the 
city    hospitals. 

City  History  Club  of  New  York.  Historical  guide  to  the  city 
of  New  York;  compiled  by  Frank  Bergen  Kelley. 
Stokes. 

*  Ford,  I.  N.     The  fresh-air  fund.     St.  Nicholas,  v.  10,  pt.  2, 

p.  616-626,  1883. 

Ford,  J.  L.  The  third  alarm;  a  story  of  the  New  York  fire 
department.     Brentano. 

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Ford,  P.  L.     The  honorable  Peter  Stirling.     Holt. 

A   story   of   modern   political   life. 

Henry,  O.     The  four  million.     Doubleday. 

Stories  of  "The  Four  Million"  —  New  York's  passing  throng  and 
how  they  meet  with  the  comedies  and  tragedies  which  the  diversified  life 
of  the  city  brings  to  them. 

Hill,  C.  T.     Fighting  a  fire.     Century. 

Some  experience  of  the  New  York  fire  department  in  fighting  fires, 
and  in  saving  life  and   property. 

Matthews,  Brander.     Tom  Paulding;  a  story  of  a  search  for 
buried  treasure  in  the  streets  of  New  York.     Century. 

Morgan,  James.     Theodore  Roosevelt;  the  boy  and  the  man. 
Macmillan. 

*  Munroe,  Kirk.     The  making  of  a  great  newspaper.     I.  Day 

work.     II.  Night  work.     Harper's  Young  People,  v.  15, 
p.  50-54,  65-68,  1893. 

A  detailed  account  of  the  many  and  varied  tasks  of  reporters,  editors 
and  publishers  of  such  papers  as  the  New  York  Times,  Tribune,  World 
and  Sun. 

Riis,  J.  A.    The  making  of  an  American.     Macmillan. 

The   author's    own    life. 

Singleton,  Esther.     The  children's  city.     Sturgis. 

*  Stedman,  E.   C.     New  York.     St.  Nicholas,  v.  20,  pt.  1,  p. 

403-419,  1893. 

A  description  of  New   York  in    1893. 

Straubenmuller,  Gustave.     A  home  geography  of  New  York 
City.     Ginn. 

*  Tolman,  W.  H.  and   Charles  Hemstreet.     The  better  New 

York.     American    Institute   of   Social   Service. 

A  guide  book  describing  the  philanthropic  institutions  of  the  city. 
Settlement  houses,  hospitals,  schools,  etc.  It  contains  m.uch  interesting 
information   not   found   elsewhere. 

Van  Dyke,  J.  C.     The  new  New  York;  illustrated  by  Joseph 
Pennell.     Macmillan. 

"The  mass  of  it  makes  you  realize  the  energy  back  of  it,  excites  a 
wonder   as   to    its   fashioning,    overawes   you   with    its   possibilities." 

*  Waring,  G.  E.     Street-cleaning.     Doubleday. 

Contains  a  chapter  on  The  juvenile  street-cleaning  leagues;  by  David 
Willard. 

*  Williams,  J.  L.     The  water-front  of  New  York.     Scribner's 

magazine,  v.  26;  p.  385-399,  1899. 
Excellent   illustrations. 

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The  Catskill  Aqueduct 

*  Creating  a  subterranean  river  ninety  miles  in  length;  how 

Catskill  Water  is  being  brought  to  New  York.     Scien- 
tific American,  v.  108,  p.  198-200,  1913. 

Illustrated. 

*  Flinn,  A.   D.     The  world's   greatest  aqueduct;  water  from 

the  Catskill  mountains  to  the  city  of  New  York.     The 
Century  magazine,  v.  56,  (new  series)  p.  707-721,  1909. 

An   excellent   article   well   illustrated. 

*  Springer,  J.   F.     Providing  for  ten   million.     Cassier's   En- 

gineering Monthly,  V.  44,  p.  55-62,  1913. 

*  Supplying   a    metropolis    with    mountain    water.      Scientific 

American,  v.  108,  p.  201,  202,  208,  210,  1913. 

*  Tomlin,   R.   K.     The   deepest   siphon   tunnel   in   the   world. 

Scribner's  magazine,  v.  51,  p.  551-560,  1912. 

The  tunnel  under  the  Hudson  at  Storm  King. 


Parks 

The  site  of  Central  Park  was  originally  occupied  b}^  ''squatters"  who 
lived  in  rude  shanties  and  fed  thousands  of  domestic  animals  on  city  refuse, 
which  they  carted  there  for  the  purpose.  In  1856  this  land  was  chosen 
for  a  large  central  park,  because  of  the  lack  of  recreation  grounds  in  the 
city,  and  work  was  begun  in  the  following  year. 

*  Barnard,  Charles.    The  true  story  of  the  obelisk.    St.  Nicho- 

las, V.  8,  pt.  1,  p.  310-319,  1881. 

* Young  folks'  fun  in  Central  Park.     St.  Nicholas,  v.  4, 

p.  705-712,  1877. 

Bronx  Parkway  Commission.     Report,  June  30,  1914. 

Fully  illustrated. 

*  Homaday,  W.  T.     The  New  York  Zoological  Park.     Cen- 

tury magazine,  v.  39,   (new  series),  p.  85-102,  1900. 

Popular  official  guide  to  the  New  York  Zoological  Park. 

11th  ed.     New  York  Zoological  Society. 

*  Tolman,  W.  H.  and  Charles  Hemstreet.     The  better  New 

York,  p.  154-161.     American  Institute  of  Social  Service. 

Some  account  of  the  development  of  parks  in  New  York  with  an  ex- 
cellent  description   of   Central   Park. 

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The  Statue  of  Liberty 

The  statue  of  Liberty  was  erected  in  1885.  It  was  presented  to  the 
people  of  the  United  States  by  the  people  of  France  to  commemorate  the 
hundredth    anniversary    of    American    independence. 

**We  dedicate  this  statue  to  the  friendship  of  nations  and  the  peace 
of  the  world;  the  spirit  of  Liberty  embraces  all  races  in  common  brother- 
hood, it  voices  in   all  languages  the  same  needs  and  aspirations." 

—  From  a  speech  made  at  the  Dedication. 

*  Barnard,  Charles.    The  Bartholdi  statue,  St.  Nicholas,  v.  11, 
pt.  2,  p.  725-732,  1884. 

How  the  statue  was  put  in  place. 

Singleton,  Esther.     Liberty  enlightening  the  world.     (In  her 
Historic  buildings  of  America,  p.  338-341.     Dodd.) 

Stedman,   E.   C.     Liberty  enlightening  the  world.      (In  The 
Wayfarer  in  New  York,  p.  56-58.     Macmillan.) 

Poem. 

Whittier,   J.    G.      The    Bartholdi    statue.      (In    his    Complete 
poetical   works,   p.    240.      Houghton.) 


Races  of  People  in  New  York 

*  Gerard,  J.  W.     Impress  of  nationalities  on  New  York  City. 
Magazine  of  American  history,  v.  23,  p.  40-59,  1890. 

Steiner,  E.  A.    The  immigrant  tide;  its  ebb  and  flow.    Revell. 


Some  Historic  Places  in  the  Modern  City 
The  Battery 

When  the  English  took  possession  of  the  city,  it  was  decided  to  build 
a  Battery  to  protect  the  newly  acquired  possession.  This  was  erected 
somewhat  north  of  the  present  Battery  which  at  that  time  was  under  water. 
After  the  Revolution  it  was  demolished  along  with  the  old  Fort.  Castle 
Clinton  (now  the  Aquarium)  was  built  as  one  of  the  defenses  for  the 
War  of  1812,  on  what  was  then  an  island  connected  by  a  bridge  with 
Manhattan.  After  the  war  it  became  the  famous  Castle  Garden  and  was 
used  as  a  place  for  public  amusements  and  celebrations.  Lafayette  and 
Kossuth  were  received  here,  and  Jenny  Lind's  first  concert  in  America 
was  held  here.  Later  the  building  became  a  receiving  station  for  immi- 
grants, and  so  remained  until  its  conversion  into  an  Aquarium  in  1896. 

*  Bristol,  C.  L.     The  Castle  Garden  Aquarium.     St.  Nicholas, 
V.  29,  pt.  2,  p.  680-684,  1902. 

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Hemstreet,    Charles.     The    Battery   and   the    Fort.      (In    his 
When  old  New  York  was  young,  p.  179-190.     Scribner.) 

Janvier,  T.  A.     The  Battery.     (In  his  In  old  New  York,  p. 
227-240.     Harper.) 

Singleton,  Esther.     Castle  Garden.     (In  her  Historic  buildings 
of  America,  p.   144-150.     Dodd.) 

Wilson,  R.  R.    New  York;  old  &  new,  v.  2.    p.  15-30.    Lippin- 
cott. 


Bowling  Green 

In  old  Dutch  times  the  annual  fairs  were  held  on  Bowling  Green,  one 
for  cattle  and  the  other  for  hogs,  and  it  was  also  used  as  a  parade-ground 
for  the  soldiers.  Early  in  the  eighteenth  century  it  was  leased  as  a  bowling 
green  at  an  annual  rental  of  one  pepper-corn.  During  the  Revolution,  the 
statue  of  George  III,  which  had  been  set  up  here,  as  a  token  of  popular  grati- 
tude for  the  repeal  of  the  Stamp  Act,  was  pulled  from  its  pedestal  by  the 
Sons  of  Liberty  and  melted  into  bullets. 

City  History  Club  of  New  York.  Bowling  Green.  (In  His- 
torical guide  to  the  city  of  New  York;  compiled  by 
Frank  Bergen  Kelley,  p.  15-22.     Stokes.) 

Hemstreet,  Charles.  The  autobiography  of  Bowling  Green. 
(In  his  When  old  New  York  was  young,  p.  1-15. 
Scribner.) 

Trask,  Spencer.  Bowling  Green.  (In  Goodwin,  M.  W.  and 
others.  Historic  New  York,  second  series,  p.  163-208. 
Putnam.) 

Wilson,  R.  R.  New  York:  old  &  new,  v.  2,  p.  12-15.  Lippin- 
cott. 


Fraunces  Tavern 

Fraunces  Tavern  was  built  by  the  De  Lancey  family  as  a  residence  early 
in  the  eighteenth  century.  They  occupied  it  until  1762  when  it  was  bought 
by  Samuel  Fraunces,  called  ''Black  Sam,"  who  opened  it  as  a  tavern  under 
the  sign  of  Queen  Charlotte;  it  became  one  of  the  most  popular  hostelries 
in  the  town."  Here  on  December  4,  1783  Washington  took  farewell  of 
his  generals  in  the  famous  Long  Room. 

The  old  Tavern  still  stands  at  the  southeast  corner  of  Broad  and  Pearl 
Streets. 

City  History  Club  of  New  York.  Fraunces  Tavern.  (In 
Historical  guide  to  the  city  of  New  York;  compiled 
by  Frank  Bergen  Kelley  p.  39-47.     Stokes.) 

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Davis,  W.  J.    Fraunces  Tavern.     (In  Singleton,  Esther.    His- 
toric buildings  of  America,  p.  34-42.     Dodd.) 

Goodwin,  M.  W.  and  others.     Historic  New  York;  second 
series,   p.   269-274.      Putnam. 


Wall  Street 

''When  war  broke  out  between  England  and  Holland  in  1653,  Gover- 
nor Peter  Stuyvesant  built  the  wall  along  the  line  of  the  present  street, 
from  river  to  river.  His  object  was  to  form  a  barrier  that  should  enclose 
the  city... After  the  wall  was  removed  in  1699,  the  street  came  to  be  a 
chief  business  thoroughfare."  —  Charles  Hemstreet. 

Hill,  F.  T.  The  story  of  a  street;  a  narrative  history  of  Wall 
Street  from  1644  to  1908.     Harper. 

Innes,  J.  H.  New  Amsterdam  and  its  people,  p.  272-278. 
Scribner. 

Villard,  O.  G.  The  early  history  of  Wall  Street,  1653-1789. 
(In  Goodwin,  M.  W.  and  others.  Historic  New  York; 
first  series,  p.  75-118.     Putnam.) 

Wilson,  R.  R.  Wall  Street  in  early  days.  (In  his  New  York: 
old  &  new,  v.  2,  p.  80-101.    Lippincott.) 


The  Bowery 

The  Bowery  was  called  by  the  Dutch  Bouwerie  Lane.  In  those  days 
it  was  only  a  narrow  lane  running  between  the  bouweries,  or  farms,  and 
connecting  them  with  the  little  town  clustered  about  Fort  Amsterdam. 
The  most  famous  of  these  farms  was  the  Great  Bouwerie,  which  was  the 
home    of    Peter    Stuyvesant. 

City  History  Club  of  New  York.  Bowery  Village;  and  The 
Bowery,  Chatham  Square,  and  Collect  Pond.  (In 
Historical  guide  to  the  city  of  New  York;  compiled  by 
Frank  Bergen   Kelley,  p.  88-98.     Stokes.) 

Hemstreet,  Charles.  Bouwerie  Village  and  its  graveyard.  (In 
his  When  old  New  York  was  young,  p.  167-177.  Scrib- 
ner.) 

Hewitt,  E.  R.  and  M.  A.  Hewitt.  The  Bowery.  (In  Good- 
win, M.  W.  and  others.  Historic  New  York,  first 
series,  p.  357-394.     Putnam.) 

Wilson,  R.  R.  Bowery  Lane.  (In  his  New  York:  old  &  new, 
V.  2,  p.   154-176.     Lippincott.) 

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Greenwich  Village 

**Very  proper  and  elegant  people  were  all  these,  and  their  seats  being 
at  a  convenient  distance  from  the  city,  their  elegant  friends  living  in 
New  York  found  pleasure  in  making  Greenwich  an  objective  point  when 
taking  the  air  of  fine  afternoons."  —  Thomas  A.  Janvier. 

Bisland,  Elizabeth.  Old  Greenwich.  (In  Goodwin,  M.  W. 
and  others,  Historic  New  York,  first  series,  p.  263-291. 
Putnam.) 

Bunner,  H.  C.     The  story  of  a  New  York  house.     Scribner. 

**  'Hullo,  Dolphr  he  hailed  his  friend.  'What's  this  I  heard  about  you 
building  a  preposterous  tom-fool  of  a  town-house  out  by  Greenwich?  Why 
don't  you  hire  thst  house  that  Burr  had,  near  Lispenard's  cow-pasture,  and 
be   done   with   it?'  '* 

A  story  of  three  generations. 

Hemstreet,  Charles.  Greenwich  and  the  **Mouse-trap."  (In 
his  When  old  New  York  was  young,  p.  89-98.   Scribner.) 

Janvier,  T.  A.  Greenwich  Village.  (In  his  In  old  New  York, 
p.  84-151.     Harper.) 


Chelsea 

"Captain  Thomas  Clarke,  a  veteran  officer  of  the  Provincial  service 
who  had  done  some  very  pretty  fighting  in  the  old  French  war,  gave  the 
name  of  Chelsea  to  his  country-seat  —  a  modest  estate  on  the  shores  of  the 
Hudson,   between  two   and  three  miles   north  of  the  town   of   New   York." 

—  Thomas  A.  Janvier. 

Captain  Clarke's  grandson  was  Clement  C.  Moore,  who,  while  living 
at  Chelsea,  wrote  "A  visit  from  St.   Nicholas." 

City  History  Club  of  New  York.  Love  Lane  and  Chelsea 
Village.  (In  Historical  guide  to  the  city  of  New 
York;  compiled  by  Frank  Bergen  Kelley,  p.  115-116. 
Stokes.) 

Hemstreet,  Charles.  Chelsea  Village.  (In  his  When  old 
New  York  was  young,  p.  331-345.     Scribner.) 

Janvier,  T.  A.  Down  Love  Lane.  (In  his  In  old  New  York, 
p.  152-191.     Harper.) 


Broadway 

"Broadway  in  the  days  when  it  was  the  Heere  Straat  of  New  Amster- 
dam was  also  the  only  highway  that  traversed  the  island  from  end  to  end." 
It  was  "flanked  in  its  lower  reaches  with  orchards  and  gardens  and  com- 
fortable homes."  Rufus  Rockwell   Wilson. 

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Jenkins,  Stephen.  The  greatest  street  in  the  world;  the  story 
of  Broadway,  old  and  new,  from  the  Bowling  Green  to 
Albany.     Putnam. 

Wilson,  R.  R.  Along  lower  Broadway;  and,  Broadway  above 
the  Common.  (In  his  New  York,  old  &  new,  v.  2, 
p.  55-79,  129-153.     Lippincott.) 


The  Jumel  Mansion 

"Within  its  walls  Washington  established  his  headquarters  while  the 
mastery  of  the  island  was  in  dispute  with  the  British,  and.  .  .thither  Wash- 
ington came  again  in  1790  with  all  his  Cabinet,  on  his  return  from  a 
visit  to  the  battlefield  of  Fort  Washington."  —  Charles  Burr  Todd. 

Harland,  Marion,  pseud.  The  Jumel  mansion.  (In  her  Colon- 
ial homesteads,  v.  1,  p.  273-326.     Putnam.) 

Singleton,  Esther.  The  Morris-Jumel  house.  (In  her  His- 
toric buildings   of  America,  p.  309-312.     Dodd.) 

Smith,  Mrs.  A.  A.  F.  Historical  sketch  of  Washington's  head- 
quarters; prepared  under  the  auspices  of  the  Washing- 
ton Headquarters  Association,  New  York.  Press  of 
George  Harjes  Co. 

A  pamphlet  obtainable  at  the  Jumel  Mansion;   illustrated. 

*  Smith,    W.    C.      The    Roger    Morris    house;    Washington's 

headquarters  on  Harlem  heights.     Magazine  of  Ameri- 
can history,  v.  6,  p.  89-104,  1881. 

*  Todd,  C.  B.     The  old  Jumel  mansion.     (In  his  In  old  New 

York,  p.  77-85.     The  Grafton  Press.) 


The  Bronx 

The  Bronx  is  named  after  the  first  white  settler,  Jonas  Bronck,  who 
purchased  land  in  Westchester  on  the  Harlem  river  about  1639.  During 
the  Revolution  a  large  part  of  what  is  now  the  Borough  of  the  Bronx, 
lay  between  the  two  armies;  being  common  property  to  both  Americans 
and  English,  it  was  called  the  "Neutral  Ground,"  although  it  was  the  scene 
of  continual  skirmish  fighting. 

The  Bronx  and  beyond.     (In  The  wayfarer  in  New  York, 
p.  229-244.     Macmillan.) 

Cooper,  J.  F.     Satanstoe.     Putnam. 

A  story  of  the  French  and  Indian  war.  Satanstoe  was  the  name  of 
an  old  estate  in  Westchester  in  the  vicinity  of  Hell  Gate. 

The  spy;  a  tale  of  the  Neutral  Ground.     Putnam. 

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Irving,    Washington.      Wolfert's    Roost.      (In    his    Wolfert's 

Roost  and  other  papers,  p.  11-33.     Putnam.) 

"The  Roost  stood  in  the  very  heart  of  what  at  that  time  was  called 
the  debatable  ground,  lying  between  the  British  and  American  lines." 

Jenkins,  Stephen.     A  princess  and  another.     Huebsch. 

A  story  of  Westchester  in  Revolutionary  times.  The  De  Lancey 
family,  Colonel  Philipse  of  Philipse  manor  and  the  Morrises  of  Morrisania 
are  described,  and  also  the  French  Huguenots.  The  hero  is  French,  although 
fighting  with  the  English,  and  the  plot  hinges  on  the  story  of  his  birth 
about  which  there  is  a  mj^stery. 

The  story  of  the  Bronx;  from  the  purchase  made  by  the 

Dutch   from   the   Indians   in    1639  to  the   present   day. 
Putnam. 

Pryer,  Charles.  The  ''Neutral  Ground."  (In  Goodwin,  M.  W. 
and  others.  Historic  New  York,  second  series,  p.  407- 
443.     Putnam.) 

Smith,  F.  H.    A  day  at  Laguerre's.     (In  his  Day  at  Laguerre's 

and  other  days.     Houghton.) 

A  sketch  of  "the  most  delightful  of  French  inns,  in  the  quaintest  of 
French  settlements." 


The  Van  Cortlandt  Manor-House. 

In  1646  Adrian  Van  der  Donck  bought  land  from  the  Indians,  which 
he  called  Colen  Donck  and  built  his  farm  house  in  what  is  now  Van  Cort- 
landt Park.     He  was  the  only  patroon  in  Westchester. 

In  1699  Jacobus  Van  Cortlandt  purchased  a  part  of  this  land  and  it 
became  known  as  the  Van  Cortlandt  Manor;  the  present  house  was  built 
by  his  son  in  1748.  It  was  "a  charming  countrjr  house,  filled  with  joy 
and    hospitality,    sunshine    and    laughter    all    about    it." 

During  the  Revolution  the  house  was  the  headquarters  of  the  Hessian 
Jaegers.  Washington,  Rochambeau  and  other  distinguished  people  were 
entertained  there  at  different  times. 

It  is  now  a  museum  in  the  care  of  the  Colonial  Dames. 

Colonial  Dames  of  New  York.     The  story  of  Van  Cortlandt 
Park.     The  Irving  Press. 

An  excellent  pamphlet  obtainable  at  the  Van  Cortlandt  House  Museum, 

*  Lamb,  Mrs.  M.  J.    Van  Cortlandt  manor-house.     Magazine 
of  American  history,  v.  15,  p.  217-236,  1886. 


Brooklyn 

"One  of  the  first  acts  of  the  West  India  Company  was  to  buy  of  the 
Indians  the  whole  western  end  of  Long  Island.  ..  By  1646  nearly  tne  whole 
water  front  had  been  cleared  and  put  under  cultivation,  and  there  were 
small  villages  at  the  Wallabout,  the  ferry,  and  Gowanus." 

—  Charles    Burr    Todd. 

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Putnam,  Harrington.  Breuckelen.  (In  Goodwin,  M.  W.  and 
others.  Historic  New  York,  second  series,  p.  385-405. 
Putnam.) 

Vanderbilt,  G.  F.  The  social  history  of  Flatbush,  and  the 
manners  and  customs  of  the  Dutch  settlers  in  Kings 
county.     Loeser. 

*  Wilson,  R.  R.    Historic  Long  Island.    The  Berkeley  Press. 


Staten  Island 

Named    "Staaten  Eylandt,"    Island    of    the    States,    by    Henry    Hudson 

as  a  memorial  to  the  States  General  of  the  Netherlands.     The   Island  was 

settled  by  the  Dutch.  The  first  patroon  was  Michael  Pauw,  who  called  his 
grant  **Pavonia." 

City  History  Club  of  New  York.  Borough  of  Richmond.  (In 
Historical  guide  to  the  City  of  New  York;  compiled  by 
Frank  Bergen  Kelley,  p.  319-367.     Stokes.) 

*  Clute,  J.  J.  Annals  of  Staten  Island.  Press  of  Charles 
Vogt. 

Smith,  F.  H.     Tom  Grogan.     Houghton. 

The  story  of  how  Tom  Grogan  kept  on  with  her  husband's  business 
of  stevedore,  after  his  death,  and  how  she  made  good  against  the  other  con- 
tractors who  tried  to  make  trouble  for  her  because  she  would  not  join' 
the  union. 


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